五、完形填空。
I grew to be a tall girl but I tried to be as common as possible. At school，I always chose a __1__ in the back of the room，and never put up my hand in class. In my last year in high school，we were __2__ that a new English teacher，Oliver Bascom，was going to __3__ us.
Oliver Bascom! The girls laughed as we imagined the teacher would be a short and bald(秃头的) man. But this was in fact not __4__ because this man would teach us for the whole year. __5__，after we opened the door，there in front of the blackboard，we __6__ a young and handsome man.
All at once the seventeen-year-old girls flew to get to the __7__ seats in the classroom. And I managed to __8__ a front and centre desk. I really wanted to make a good impression on my new teacher，__9__ I usually kept quiet.
One Friday，Mr Bascom asked us to write an essay(文章) as our first writing homework，which I was good at. And then I spent the whole weekend __10__ the essay and waited nervously for Mr Bascom’s evaluation(评价).
Three days later，he arrived at the classroom holding the papers that he had __11__. “I’ve chosen the ten best essays for class discussion，” he said.
Twenty minutes later，I was __12__ when he got to the last essay. I didn’t hear my name.
“These are all great essays，” Mr Bascom continued. “However，I am now going to read you the most successful of all...” We were all surprised as I was the writer of this unusual __13__!
A __14__ girl walked out of the classroom that day. I knew that I had a new set of standards to follow and that anything was possible in the future. Finally I raised my __15__.
（ ）1. A. neighbour
B. partner
C. seat
D. space
（ ）2. A. warned
B. told
C. shown
D. asked
（ ）3. A. help
B. serve
C. train
D. teach
（ ）4. A. exciting
B. simple
C. funny
D. true
（ ）5. A. Interestingly
B. Nervously
C. Surprisingly
D. Sadly
（ ）6. A. met
B. saw
C. noticed
D. caught
（ ）7. A. spare
B. empty
C. front
D. back
（ ）8. A. get
B. set
C. use
D. share
（ ）9. A. and
B. so
C. but
D. or
（ ）10. A. for
B. with
C. about
D. on
（ ）11. A. praised
B. corrected
C. studied
D. written
（ ）12. A. worried
B. satisfied
C. excited
D. unhappy
（ ）13. A. novel
B. work
C. book
D. play
（ ）14. A. quiet
B. lovely
C. clever
D. different
（ ）15. A. head
B. eye
C. arm
D. shoulder

1. C 【点拨】根据“in the back of the room”可知，此处表示教室后面的座位。故选 C。
2. B 【点拨】根据下文内容可知，一位新的英语老师将来教“我们”，这是“我们”被告知的内容。故选 B。
3. D 【点拨】根据语境可知，新的英语老师要来教“我们”。故选 D。
4. C 【点拨】根据“The girls laughed as we imagined the teacher would be a short and bald(秃头的) man.”可知，她们想象着会是一个又秃又矮的男人要来教她们英语，她们觉得很好笑，但事实上这并不好笑。故选 C。
5. C 【点拨】根据“we 6 a young and handsome man”可知，“我们”看到的是一位年轻英俊的男人，不是一个又秃又矮的男人，因此感到惊讶。故选 C。
6. B 【点拨】根据语境可知，“我们”打开门，看见一个人。故选 B。
7. C 【点拨】根据上文“a young and handsome man”可知，为了离这位年轻英俊的老师近一些，大家都往前排座位上坐。故选 C。
8. A 【点拨】根据上文“All at once the seventeen - year - old girls flew to get to the 7 seats in the classroom.”可知，“我”想方法得到一个前面的座位。故选 A。
9. C 【点拨】根据语境可知，前后句是转折关系。故选 C。
10. D 【点拨】spend some time on sth. 花费时间在某事上。故选 D。
11. B 【点拨】根据“‘I’ve chosen the ten best essays for class discussion,’ he said.”可知，他选出了最好的十篇文章，因此他应是批改过那些文章了。故选 B。
12. D 【点拨】根据下文“I didn’t hear my name.”可知，“我”没有听到“我”的名字，因此不开心。故选 D。
13. B 【点拨】根据“And then I spent the whole weekend 10 the essay”可知，“我”写了一篇文章，因此“我”是这个篇文章的作者。故选 B。
14. D 【点拨】根据“I knew that I had a new set of standards to follow and that thing was possible in the future.”可知，“我”变得不同了。故选 D。
15. A 【点拨】根据文章内容可知，“我”以前是不自信的，现在“我”变得不同了，因此是自信地抬起了头。